Hitler's rise to power; the war in Asia begins as Japan invades China.
War breaks out in Europe; The United States begins to build a military.
Tensions rise between the U.S. and Japan. Germany invades Russia.
Pearl Harbor; Russia launches a counter-attack against the Germans.
The Siege of Leningrad; U.S. fighter planes.
Americans in the Philippines; Rommel and the British in North Africa.
The Nazi's "Final Solution"; the internment of Japanese-Americans.
MacArthur leaves the Philippines; a look at life after enlistment in the Army.
Japan captures Mandalay; the Allies split the Pacific command.
B-25 bombers on Tokyo; in the Philippines, U.S. forces on Bataan surrender.
Japan invades the Aleutian Islands; a look at top Nazi leadership.
Midway: a turning point in the Pacific; the Nazis push toward Stalingrad.
The Luftwaffe pounds Britain on Malta; Rommel is defeated at El Alamein.
U.S. Marines invade Guadalcanal; Canadians meet with disaster in Dieppe.
Battle for Bloody Ridge; a look at Lend Lease shipments to Russia.
America lands on the north coast of Africa; medical care in the jungle.
French troops fold in North Africa; Germany is trapped at Stalingrad.
Russia tightens its noose around Stalingrad; longing for home at Christmas
Allied leaders meet at Casablanca; French Admiral Darlan is assassinated.
Russia reclaims Stalingrad and Leningrad; radar and the fight for the skies
America is victorious at Guadalcanal; Germany hits hard at Kasserine Pass.
Patton arrives in North Africa; the R.A.F targets German industry.
Patton beats Germans at El Guettar; Nazis retreat from the North Atlantic.
Operation Mincemeat; a look at life on a carrier.
Allies claim final victory in North Africa; planning for the invasion of Sicily
Allies invade Sicily; American Navy plans its assault across the Pacific.
Bombs over German oil refineries; Russia continues its drive west.
The Allies win on Sicily; Allied bombers are mauled over Schweinfurt.
Allies invade and take Italian mainland; Japan's elite military institutions.
Germans stage daring rescue of Mussolini; a look at life in Britain.
Italians declare war on Germany; Russia retakes Kiev.
Allied leaders meet again; Halsey tops Solomon ladder at Bougainville.
Preparing to invade France; U.S. Marines bloodied on the beaches of Tarawa.
1943, the year in review; the P-51 enters the fray.
America wins big on the Marshalls; Red Army breaks the siege of Leningrad.
Allies bomb Monte Cassino; the U.S. rolls through the Central Pacific.
Surprise Japanese offensive in India; preparations for Operation Overlord.
Hitler shuffles his Western command; a look at a bizarre Navy ritual.
D-Day Special; landing on the north coast of France, and the German reaction.
Allied forces struggle in Normandy; Hitler's vengeance strikes London.
Battle of the Philippine Sea; GI Bill becomes law; battle for Saipan.
Normandy update; U.S. advances on St. Lo; fighting on Saipan concludes.
Pacific update; attempted assassination of Hitler.
Return of the Patton-Montgomery rivalry; Britain takes Florence.
The fight for Brittany; Operations Anvil and Dragoon.
F.F.I. tanks enter Paris; B-29's arrive in Saipan; U.S. forces land on Peleliu.
U.S. airstrikes on Luzon; the Philippines declares war on the U.S.
Soviet drive in the Balkans continues; Allied dash along the channel.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf, the battle for Walchern Island.
Patton's Third Army crosses Moselle near Metz; FDR re-elected.
US submarines in the Pacific; first convoy reaches Antwerp; Pacific update.
Christmas 1944; Battle of The Bulge begins; the US lands on Mindoro.
US lands on Luzon; Soviets drive to the Oder.
Warsaw falls to The Red Army; Burma update.
ST. Vith falls; the role of the military nurse examined.
American forces close in on manila; Allies trudge through the Reichswald.
Allied leaders meet at Yalta; US forces land on Corregidor.
Iwo Jima; Allied forces clear the Trans Rhine; Battle of Manila.
Reconnaissance forces highlighted; a look at life in the trenches.
Germans counter-attacked in Hungary; a tribute to the girls we left behind.
Tokyo firebombed; GI's cross the Rhine at Remagen.
Kamikaze action off Okinawa; a tribute to Rosie the Riveter.
Patton crosses the Rhine; US prepares for Okinawa invasion.
ETO update; East Front update; the story of GI Joe.
Ruhr industrial center encircled; GIs land in Okinawa; tanks, the workhorse of WWII; FDR dies.
New Allied offensive in Italy; Okinawa update; home front Germany; elephants in Burma.
Italy update; Ruhr Pocket surrenders; Okinawa update; Nazi concentration camps liberated.
Russian forces begin final assault from Oder bridge head; Okinawa update; Goering offers to take command; home front Japan.
Italy update; GIs land at Moro Gulf Philippines; allies announce end of bombing campaign in Europe; Burma update; US/Soviet link up at Torgau.
West Front update; Okinawa update; Mussolini executed; a day in the life of Hill 604.
German forces in Italy surrender; British forces land at Rangoon Burma; Soviet forces capture Berlin; shell shock victims are highlighted.
Germany surrenders; more kamikaze action off Okinawa; Europeans begin their lives anew; the role of carrier pigeons.
Philippine update; VE Day celebrations; Okinawa update; the horrors of the Holocaust.
GIs seize Naha airfield on Okinawa. top Nazis are captured; Luzon battle nears end; Aussies land on Borneo.
Okinawa captured; training women for the military; Philippines liberated; the deadly mines are highlighted.
Plans for the invasion of Japan; Churchill; carrier strikes against the home islands; Hollywood and the war effort.
A-bomb tested; Big Three meet at Potsdam; Churchill ousted in election; the role of the Seabees; the Medal of Honor.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are A-bombed; Werner von Braun and other top German rocket scientists go to work for the US; Soviets declare war on Japan; Japan accepts terms; home front U.S.A.
VJ Day; the United Nations; Japan signs surrender; the role of the combat cameraman.
The final cost of the war; Axis war crimes are tried; out of the ashes the world looks to the future.